Coeligena traviesi Mulsant & Verreaux, 1866
Travie's inca, Lilac-spotted star-frontlet, Lilac-fronted starfrontlet
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Diphlogæna (Helianthea) traviesi Mulsant & Verreaux, 1866
Most likely a hybrid between C. torquata and another Coeligena species (Simon, 1921). A hybrid (Berlioz cited in Peters, 1945).
Conservation Status
Invalid (hybrid)
Last record: 1866 or before (Peters, 1945)
Distribution
Colombia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
AMNH 37570
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Mulsant, Martial Étienne and Verreaux, Edouard. (1866). Essai d'une classification méthodique des trochilidés ou oiseaux-mouches. Paris. [correct reference?]
Other references:
Peters, James Lee. (1945). Check-list of birds of the world. Volume 5. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Simon, E. (1921). Histoire naturelle des Trochilidæ (synopsis et catalogue). Paris.